Parson Dog get very vex an' he bear an' bear.
But as he hear plain how the sing go, an' see that some of the gal Puss was wheeling began to laugh after him, say:—"No see how him mout' long," Parson Dog get fairly upstarted till him run in the ring an' palm Puss an begin to fight him.
An', as Parson Puss feel Parson Dog 'trength more than fe him, him look for a very tall tree an' run right upon it to save his life.
An' from that day that why Dog an' Puss can't 'gree until now.
Jack Mantora me no choose any.
NOTES.
lovely member. A certain amount of blarney is supposed to be admissible to keep your sheep from straying to a rival's flock.
to married Toad. Though they sometimes say marry (see the [first song]) they prefer married. The d before the T of Toad is very awkward to pronounce, yet the reciter, whose normal speech is of the laziest, like that of all his kindred, got it out quite plainly.
mossiful, unmerciful. Dog really used a bad word here, which is always put in his mouth. He uses the same word in "[Finger Quashy]." So much does it belong to him that it occurs as a descriptive adjective to the dog in the tune for the [third Quadrille figure], which will be found among the [dance tunes]. The word is not really very bad, but it was not considered appropriate to a book which may find its way into the nursery, so in every case another one is substituted.
'tick, stick. The pig was killed for the wedding festivities, which were only just beginning. See note on weddings in "[Gaulin]."